History Headscratchers / LifeIsStrange2

* So let’s say Sean stuck around after that disaster. What are they gonna get in trouble for? That their dad was murdered by a cop? That their street was blown up by...nothing?

** If the supernatural incident is pinned on Daniel or he is otherwise held responsible, Sean automatically faces charges for being complicit in keeping him out of the hands of the government.

*** There's a dead cop and their neighbour may be dead or heavily injured as well. There is no conclusive proof that neither of the people present provoked the cop into shooting Esteban and as Mexicans there is a chance prejudice takes it toll on how the boys would be treated.

** He may know some basic words in Spanish and enough to understand what Sean says, but be ignorant on the rest. He's also still quite young while Sean is a teenager and could've learned more Spanish in high school while Daniel is nine years old. We don't know if Esteban really taught Sean much about Spanish or if he only taught him a few words and Sean figured out growing up.
** Speaking from experience, eldest children of immigrant parents will be better with the language because the parents will have talked to them more often in their first language when they are still learning English; and there are more situations where the kid will have to play translator in every day life. Once they're further assimilated, younger siblings are in less of a position where it's a necessity to speak anything other than English.

* In episode five Daniel expends a large amount of energy breaking through the border wall and is captured shortly thereafter. At the end of the story (depending on player choice) he risks his and his brother's safety as they rush a police blockade. But in episode 3, Daniel raised a huge submerged tree stump from a river almost casually. If he's that strong, why not lift the car over the border wall entirely, with them inside it? Why not have a "good" scenario at the end of episode five with the car flying over the blockade into the sky, like the end of ''Grease''?
** They might still risk getting shot while flying. Daniel's powers aren't instantaneous and one bad shot could end up with the car exploding while they're slowly hovering over the ground. And while they're inside, lifting a thing all around them could be harder than expected, as he'd have to pull off the entire thing and not just the bottom of the car with the risk of tearing down the car's underside. And should they fly over, the cops will definitely witness that any more than in other endings.

** Alternative answer: Physics. "Every action has an equal and opposite reaction." Notice how Daniel always plants his feet and braces himself when he lifts large objects. The grander the action he's performing, the more his power appears to swirl around himself to match. This implies that Daniel can't lift the car while he's in it because he'd have no leverage.

* All Sean knows is that Daniel's uncontrollable powers resulted in destruction and the death of a police officer. If the cops question Daniel when his emotions are running high, his powers will manifest, and in the best case scenario, as far as Sean knows, he'll spend the rest of his life in a top-secret government facility. [[spoiler: And it's important to note that even in the ending where Sean avoids causing any more fatalities with Daniel's powers and surrenders peacefully, he still gets sentenced to a whopping ''fifteen years'' in prison, which is almost as much as he could expect to get if he'd committed a murder all on his own.]]

** Speaking from experience, eldest children of immigrant parents will be better with the language because the parents will have talked to them more often in their first language when they are still learning English; and there are more situations where the kid will have to play translator in every day life. Once they're further assimilated, younger siblings are in less of a position where needing to speak anything other than English is a necessity.

** Speaking from experience, eldest children of immigrant parents will be better with the language because the parents will have talked to them more often in their first language when they are still learning English; and there are more situations where the kid will have to translate between the two in every day situations. Once they're further assimilated, younger siblings are in less of a position where needing to speak anything other than English is a necessity.

** The "Daniel Doesn't speak Spanish" thing also doesn't really make sense given a scene in episode 1, when Sean and Daniel find a flyer offering Spanish lessons, and Daniel sarcastically says "Hey look, they're gonna teach us Spanish" and Sean responds to Daniel in Spanish ("Este tipo es en un idiota") implying that Daniel would understand what Sean was saying to him.

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** Even if Sean is found innocent, he’ll still likely be separated from Daniel due to the foster care system, and would probably never see him again. Plus, if the government gets involved because of the supernatural incident caught on tape, it’s possible they might even take Daniel away for examination. There’s probably even witnesses that saw what happened and that Daniel caused it. Plus, if I recall there’s a newspaper saying that Brett was apparently put into a coma, so Sean can still be accused for attacking Brett.

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** Even if Sean is found innocent, he’ll still likely be separated from Daniel due to the foster care system, and would probably never see him again. Plus, if the government gets involved because of the supernatural incident caught on tape, it’s possible they might even take Daniel away for examination. Plus, if I recall there’s a newspaper saying that Brett was apparently put into a coma, so Sean can still be accused for attacking Brett.

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